Ticket-holder



0.. SOHERIGH. Ticket-Holder.

No. 228,280. Patented June 1,1880.

Y Witnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GHRISTIAN SOHERIOH, OF LISBURN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,280, dated June 1, 1880.

Application filed February 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN SoHERIoH, of Lisburn, county of Cumberland, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket Holders or Presentrs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a cheap and convenient ticket-holder which will rapidly present single tickets to the hand of the operator.

My invention consists of abox provided with adjustable guard-plates, in combination with a lever pivoted to the bottom of said box and operated by means of a slide-rod and coiled spring, as will be fully understood by the accompanyin g drawings and description.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of my'ticket-holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof on the line a :20, Fig. 2, showing the slide-rod and coiled spring.

In constructing my ticket holder or presenter the box may be very simple, having a bottom, A, and sides B B, to the front of which are attached the adjustable guard-plates G, heh by set-screws H, as shown in Fig. 1. 0n the bottom of the box is a pivoted lever, D, Fig. 2, arranged to move as indicated in dotted lines. A slide-rod, E,is connected with this lever, and provided with a coiled spring, F, for operating the lever D.

The pii of cards is placed in the box and pressed g ntly down by the weight 0, Fig. 1.

Operati n: The hand of the operator is placed as .ndicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the large or middle finger being used to push back the slide-rod E, while the thumb and index-finger seize the ticket as it is brought forward or presented for withdrawal. As the ticket is taken away and the rod or its fingerpiece 0 is relieved from pressure the coiled spring pushes back the slide-rod and vibrating lever to catch another card.

By this simple machine an expert operator can withdraw tickets very rapidly and with certainty.

The guard-plates Gr must be set according to the thickness of the tickets to be used, and the ticket-holder must be fastened to a table or other support by screws 1, Fig. 2.

My ticketholder is very simple, cheap, convenient, and durable.

' The position of the slide-rod E and thumbpiece, or rather finger-piece, e, in relation to the pile of tickets is such that the thumb and index-finger easily seize the ticket when thrust out. By this arrangement the ticket is projected forward and also seized at the same moment and by the same hand. Therefore, while I do not broadly claim the separate devices above described, I believe my invention is a substantial improvement.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A ticket-holder consisting of the box A B, adjustable guard-plates G, the lever D, pivoted at the bottom and rear of the box, and working in the plane of the lowermost ticket in the box, the push-rod E, and spring F, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN SOHERIOH.

Witnesses:

WM. ORALL, A. J. FLOYD. 

